1st Edition

Deterring Terrorism A Model for Strategic Deterrence

Edited By Elli Lieberman Copyright 2019
344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

344 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the question of how to deter a non-state terrorist actor. Can terrorism be deterred? This book argues that current research is unable to find strong cases of deterrence success, because it uses a flawed research design which does not capture the longitudinal dynamics of the process. So far, the focus of inquiry has been on the tactical elements of a state’s counterterrorism... Read more

Introduction, Elli Lieberman  1. Theoretical Models of Deterring Terrorism, Elli Lieberman  2. Israel-Hezbollah: From ‘Rules of the Game’ to Deterrence Stability, Daniel Sobelman  3. Israel-PLO: From National Liberation to Deterrence Stability, Or Honig and Ido Yahel  4. Britain-PIRA: From National Liberation to Diplomacy and Peace, Rory Finegan  5. Russia-Chechnya: From National Liberation to Deterrence Stability, Tracey German  6. Reaching a Balance of Resolve: The Enduring Conflict between Turkey and the PKK, Metin Gurcan and Mustafa Cosar Unal  7. Israel-Hamas: From National Liberation to Partial Deterrence Stability, Joshua Arsenault and Or Honig 8. United States-Taliban, al-Qaeda, and ISIS: The Failure to Defeat Jihadist Terror, Arie Perliger and Matthew Sweeney  Conclusion, Elli Lieberman

Biography

Elli Lieberman teaches at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and Loyola University, USA, and is author of Reconceptualizing Deterrence (Routledge, 2013).